La Jaula de oro
aka The Golden Dream First screened in October 2013 / Most recently screened in January 2016
Director: Diego Quemada-Díez. Cast: Brandon López, Karen Martínez, Rodolfo Domínguez, Carlos Chajon, Héctor Tahuite, Ricardo Esquerra, César Bañuelos, Luis Alberti. Screenplay: Diego Quemada-Díez, Gibrán Portela, and Lucía Carreras. Twitter Capsule:
Less technically precocious than Sin Nombre but even more persuasive, encompassing take on northward migration.
Second Capsule:
Released as The Golden Dream. Narratively tense, structurally unpredictable drama of young Guatemalan immigrants.
VOR:④
Satisfying and sobering immigration narrative that avoids familiar tropes, beats, and resolutions. All the more urgent given current political hysteria around this issue.
